Two
Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at
the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to
smuggled $5, 424,270 USD out of the country, have been convicted and
sentenced to two years imprisonment respectively by Justice Ibrahim Buba
of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
Rowland was
arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on 22
October, 2015, for being in possession of cash in the sum of
US$2,917,272 (Two Million, Nine Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Two
Hundred and Seventy Two United States Dollars) during his outbound
clearance for a journey to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Contrary to the
requirements of the law, Rowland did not declare the money to men and
officers of the Nigeria Customs Service and was subsequently arrested
and arraigned before Justice Buba.
Rowland
pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge preferred against him and the
matter went into full trial. Justice Buba found him guilty and
sentenced him to two years imprisonment. He also ordered that the
convict should forfeit the entire sum of $2,917,272 USD (Two Million,
Nine Hundred and Seventeen Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy Two United
States Dollars) to the Federal government.
Justice
Buba said that the convict did not do the right thing by failing to
declare the money to Customs officials. He ruled that the two years
imprisonment should take effect from 9 February, 2016.
Chibuike,
on the other hand, was arraigned on 22 October, 2015 for falsely
declaring the sum of US$11,500 (Eleven Thousand and Five Hundred United
States Dollars) out of the sum of $2,506,998 USD (Two Million, Five
Hundred and Six Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety Eight United States
Dollars) he had in his possession during an outbound clearance for a
journey to China en-route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Chibuike
pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge raised against him and the
matter went into full trial. Justice Buba found him guilty and sentenced
him to two years imprisonment. He also ordered that the convict should
forfeit the sum of $2,495, 498 ( Two Million, Four Hundred and Ninety-
Five Thousand, Four Hundred and Ninety-Eight United States Dollars) not
declared to the Customs Officials to the Federal government
He ruled that the two years imprisonment should take effect from 9 February, 2016.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
9th February, 2016
.......................................................
No comments:
Post a Comment